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America’s 100 Best Beer Bars 2014

Ah, another Draft Mag Top 100 list, another reminder to do more traveling outside the East Coast. Didn’t make much headway this year, as some of the bars I’ve hit in past (Bier Markt, Sunset Tap and Grill) are off this year’s list, so while I have hit four new places since last year, I’m only up to nine total.

I’m hoping to add ChurchKey to this list next month, Monk’s Cafe during Philly Beer Week, and surely Torst is in my sights later this year. How many of America’s Best Beer Bars have you been to?

EDIT: For clarity, I just want to reiterate, this is not my top list of bars, this is a personal recollection of the places I’ve visited that were featured on Draft Mag’s America’s Best Beer Bars for 2014. Please click through the link at the top or bottom of this post to see their full list.

1 in the West (Falling Rock) awesome almost always have Pliny.
3 in the Midwest (HopCat) and (Fountinhead) and (Local Option) love it when you can get Three Floyd’s zombie dust on draft .
2 in the South (Brickstore Pub) and (Porter Beer Bar) Porter is up there with the best I’ve ever been to incredible list some great Belgium and the food isn’t bad either.
Whopping 9 in the Northeast (Blind Tiger), (The Great Lost Bear), (The Grey Lodge), (Memphis Taphouse), (Monks Taphouse), ( Novare Res), (The Publick House), (Rattle n Hum) love it don’t care what people say my first craft beer bar in NYC, (Teresa’s Next Door) best bar in Philly hands down.
Luckily I travel for work which allows me the opportunity to try some great beer bars.